It's my theory that many writers were the confidantes of one or the other parent. I was my mother's confidante; she had been her mother's confidante. Jayne Anne Phillips confidantemotherparent Change image and share on social
I'm a language-oriented writer who proceeds sentence by sentence. Jayne Anne Phillips languageorientproceed Change image and share on social
Books about women and children are not valued in the same way as a book about war. And why is that? I don't know. Jayne Anne Phillips bookchildvalue Change image and share on social
I don't do much rewriting, because each paragraph is very carefully put together. Jayne Anne Phillips carefullyparagraphput Change image and share on social
Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self. Jayne Anne Phillips guaranteelargereason Change image and share on social
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important. Jayne Anne Phillips guildimportantmedieval Change image and share on social
Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves. Jayne Anne Phillips characterstorysuggest Change image and share on social
